Table of Contents PART ONE - THE ARMY AND HOW IT FIGHTS PAGE Chapter 1 . Challenges for the US Army 1-1 Identifying the Challenges 1-1 Meeting the Challenges 1-4 Chapter 2. Combat Fundamentals 2-1 Operational Concepts 2-1 Levels of War 2-3 Dynamics of Battle 2-4 Chapter 3. Weather and Terrain 3-1 Weather 3-1 Terrain 3-2 Urbanized Terrain 3-8 Special Environments 3-10 Chapter 4. Battlefield Environments 4-1 Nuclear and Chemical Weapons 4-1 Electronic Warfare 4-4 Smoke and Obscurants 4-5 Chapter 5. Combat Service Support 5-1 Modern Logistics 5-1 CSS Organization 5-2 Chapter 6. Tactical Intelligence 6-1 Scope of Intelligence 6-1 Intelligence Collection 6-2 The Intelligence System 6-5 Intelligence Operations 6-6 Tactical Counterintelligence 6-9 Chapter 7. Conduct of Operations 7-1 AirLand Battle Fundamentals 7-1 Battle Command and Control 7-3 Battle Planning and Coordination 7-7 PART TWO - OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS PAGE Chapter 8. Fundamentals of the Offense 8-1 Historical Perspective 8-1 Purposes of the Offense 8-4 Operational Concepts for the Attack 8-5 Forms of Maneuver 8-8 Chapter 9. Offensive Operations 9-1 Types of Offensive Operations 9-1 Movement to Contact 9-3 Attacks 9-7 Exploitation and Pursuit 9-16 PART THREE - DEFENSIVE OPERATIONS Chapter 10. Fundamentals of the Defense 10-1 Historical Perspective 10-1 Purposes of Defensive Operations 1 0-3 Operational Concepts for the Defense 1 0-3 Types of Defensive Operations 1 0-4 Chapter 11 . The Defense 11-1 Scope 11-1 Defensive Framework 11-2 Defensive Techniques 11-9 Defensive Preparations 11-12 Chapter 12. Retrograde Operations 12-1 Types of Retrograde Operations 12-1 Delaying Operations 12-1 Withdrawal Operations 1 2-8 Retirement Operations 1 2-9 Chapter 13. Defense and Breakout of Encircled Forces 13-1 Options 13-1 Chapter 14. Rear Area Protection 14-1 Fundamentals 14-1 Command and Control 14-2 Planning and Executing Rear Area Combat Operations 1 4-3 Area Damage Control 14-4 Responsibilities 1 4-5 PART FOUR - JOINT, CONTINGENCY, AND COMBINED OPERATIONS Chapter 15. Joint Operations 15-1 Organization and Command and Control 15-1 Chapter 16. Contingency Operations 16-1 Considerations 16-1 Command and Control 1 6-2 Strategic Deployment 1 6-2 Employment 1 6-2 Chapter 17. Combined Operations 17-1 NATO 17-1 The Pacific Command 17-8 Combined Operations in Other Contingency Areas 17-13 APPENDICES A. References A-1 B. The Principles of War B-1 GLOSSARY Glossary-1 INDEX lndex-1 Digitized by Google.

"20 August 1982"--P. i

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"This publication supersedes FM 100-5, 1 July 1976"--P. i

Bibliography: p. A-1 - A-3

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